By Nick Konotopskyj Sports Editor The men’s basketball team pulled off another close victory on Wednesday when it defeated the Fordham Rams on the road by a score of 76-72 in overtime. The Bonnies were successful early, according to coach Mark Schmidt as he talked about his team’s effort defensively and what it did to…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team won its 14th straight home game and 20th win of the season on Wednesday night. The Bonnies defeated the Saint Louis University Billikens in dominating fashion, by a score of 80-59. The Bonnies were 52.6 percent from 3-point range and 55.3 percent from…
By Dominic LoVallo Assistant Sports Editor St. Bonaventure’s club basketball team is six games into its season and is off to a below average start. The team is 1-5 to start its season, but is coming off a win against Syracuse University. The Bonnies lost their first three games to the Ithaca College Bombers. The…
Who is the best quarterback of all-time? Is it Montana? Brady? Marino? Favre? Elway? Or is it a guy who now has two Super Bowl rings, five MVP awards, 14 pro-bowl appearances and has the most career touchdown passes and passing yards in NFL history? Peyton Manning and his Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers…
By Mikael Desanto Staff Writer The seniors of the St. Bonaventure University men’s swimming and diving team are at the end of their careers. The seniors have spent the last four years of their lives as members of the team and have experienced a lot. Senior Thomas Caulfield reflected on his final season and knows…
By: BV Sports Staff Western New Yorkers love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. Bills It is Super Bowl week, and the Buffalo Bills are once again not…
The women’s swimming and diving team dominated the Niagara Purple Eagles 154-79 during its final away meet before A10’s. The Bonnies were led by freshman Rachel Taylor and senior Tanja Kirmse. Both women won two events during the meet last Saturday. Taylor won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke events. Kirmse finished first in…
The NHL All-Star Game was this past weekend, and people are already calling it one of the best NHL All-Star events in recent history. For one, the new format made the game appear more competitive and fun for fans to watch. The 3-on-3 tournament format led to fans seeing back-checking, one-timers, big saves and actual…
Nick Konotopskyj Sports Editor The men’s basketball team picked up its second straight win on Wednesday night when it took down the Saint Joseph’s Hawks by a score of 83-73. The win helps move the Bonnies to just one game behind the Hawks in the A10 standings. Head Coach Mark Schmidt said when this team…
The Super Bowl is a spectacle widely regarded for the incredible amount of expense that goes into it. Millions of dollars are spent by the host cities of the event, in an attempt to turn a single evening event into a weeklong celebration of American football. But, for many Americans, the event has become more…
By: Nick Konotopskyj Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team dropped its second straight conference game on Tuesday night in the Reilly Center to the Dayton Flyers. The Bonnies lost by a score of 85-79 in a game that was anything but status quo. Dayton went into the locker room with a 45-18 lead…
By Lian Bunny News Editor St. Bonaventure will participate in a 28-year-old national celebration of girls and women in sports on April 21. National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) began in 1987 in honor of Flo Hyman, an Olympic volleyball player, and her athleticism and promotion of equality for women’s sports. Hyman died…
One of the best parts of writing for The Bona Venture is the people that you get to meet as a part of your job. Whether an assignment requires interviews with random students on campus or a formal meeting with Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., the university’s president, writing for the BV is sure to lead…
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor When writing for sports, stories often present themselves. Having Division I teams play on a consistent basis creates the opportunity for beat reporting. Beat reporting is a form of journalism in which the writer follows an issue, organization or team over a long period of time. The concept can be…
Staff Editorial Colleges and universities that make their homes in rural or non-major metropolitan areas often struggle to find weekend and nighttime activities for current and prospective students. St. Bonaventure is not immune to this. In fact, with the Campus Activities Board budget slashed again this semester, this becomes a more difficult issue. In spite…
By Pat Tintle Staff Writer After capturing a second consecutive Atlantic 10 championship (winning by a substantial 94 points), the Bonnies are not letting their latest success affect how the program is run in the future, according to Head Coach Sean McNamee. “It panned out pretty well,” McNamee said, referring to the recent championship. “We…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor With the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics kicking off today, Americans will cheer on representatives of our country for the next 18 days. The United States will once again be in the hunt to win the medal count, with our rival across the pond, Great Britain, also looking to be…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor This year provided plenty of reminders of why people should not obsessively follow sports. Nearly every major North American sports league found itself embroiled in some type of controversy that overshadowed game action. Conference realignment rocked college basketball, destroying classic rivalries and furthering the ongoing discussion on the role of…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor “Why do we fall, Bruce?” “So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” These words, first spoken to Bruce Wayne by his father in “Batman Begins,” ring true for Buffalo sports fans on a near-weekly basis. And I should know. As an avid, borderline mentally-unstable western New York sports fan,…